moto_man
Responses from moto_man
| Friends hi-fi system not very good, what do you do or say? This is an easy one. “sounds nice.” If your friend likes it, that’s all that is required. If he asks for suggestions on how to improve it in some way, I would make suggestions consistent with his budget. I would not suggest a Shunyata Everest ... | |
| Shunyata Everest vs Audience Audience makes great products for sure! I have not tried their power conditioners. However, I have an Everest with a Sigma XC power cable and I don’t find that it “rolls off” the top end. I have found that chief important aspects of the Everest... | |
| Help Deciding On New Speakers For Small Room, $10k budget I also highly recommend the Joseph Audio Pulsars. They are a fantastic speaker and you won’t go wrong with them. The Perspectives are also great. Somewhat out of your price range are the Wilson Sabrina X’s, used. I have a room of virtually the... | |
| Pre amp recommendations You don’t say what your price range is, but I highly recommend the ARC REF6. It is a phenomenal preamp and is a perfect complement to my Pass Labs 250.8 amp. It just sounds great. Now I will only point out that when I have changed preamps or am... | |
| Current quality of Rune @flkin , my experience is completely different. I consider my system to be “higher end” . . . Not the highest, but very good, and Roon definitely does not sound “mediocre.” I don’t use any fancy settings, it is sounds just great. I have CAT8 fro... | |
| Current quality of Rune I have to throw my hat in the ring of Roon fans. I think that it is excellent. Great interface, works perfectly, randomly plays new music consistent with what I was listening to and have through that discovered new music and artists! It is stel... | |
| What exactly is PRaT??? To me, PRaT is a subjective (although not stupid) term. To me, it refers to how realistic the music sounds, i.e., does it sound like you are there? Does it give the illusion of a performance right in front of you, with depth, width and proper to... | |
| Audiophile Surge Suppressor (and nothing else) I used a Tripplite Isolation Transformer on my system. However, after it started to hum after a few years, I went wild and purchased a Shunyata Everest Power Conditioner, which honestly, not only protected my gear from a lightning strike that fri... | |
| Audio Fantasies My fantasy system would be a large dedicated and treated sound room Check out Michael Fremer's dedicated and treated sound room in the house that he built. It is on YouTube. It is insane what steps he took to make the perfect listening room, ... | |
| Power cord upgrade I will admit it . . . I am a Shunyata fanboy. I have all Shunyata Alpha v2 power cords, and they are fantastic. I also use Shunyata Sigma v1 speaker cables, a Sigma power cord for my Shunyata Everest. The Venom, while a decent power cable, is o... | |
| new member, some questions, need help please You don’t say what your budget is, so it is difficult to give you clear advice. However, I have a pair of Wilson Sabrina X’s that I love very much, powered by a Pass Labs 250.8. A great combo and if bought used, you can have your “retirement” sy... | |
| Is Recording quality the real culprit? I think that maybe you can’t polish a turd, but perhaps you can get rid of the smell, LOL! Growing up in the ‘70’s, I have listened to most of the classic rock from that period hundreds of times, such as Led Zep and Jerthro Tull. Having heard th... | |
| Need suggestions on preamp You don’t say what your price range is, but I will throw my hat in the ring for Audio Research. I have an ARC REF 6 and coupled with a Pass 250.8 amp, it is to me a perfect combination of detail and smoothness. On the other hand, I found that fo... | |
| When I listen to my system....... I like the direct emotional link to the music. One that draws me in and makes me close my eyes and sway. Making most recordings sound great. So, that is the kind of system I put together… it excels balance between all the aspects… detail, bass, t... | |
| The End of My Search for a Power Conditioner In my never-ending quest for "the" sound that I want, I decided that I had to try a Shunyata Denali v2 to replace the isolation transformer that I had in my system. My system: ARC REF 6, Pass 250.8, MSB Discrete DAC with Premier power base and Wi... |